Re: How to resolve: cannot rename fileCVS/Entries.Extra.Backup to CVS/Entries.Extra: Permission denied
"Eric B." <[email protected]>
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"Rick Genter" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:B9550324A189244E9C8922F053FF9905026DF68F@ex01silver.silverlink.com... >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Eric B. >> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:51 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [cvsgui] How to resolve: cannot rename file >> CVS/Entries.Extra.Backup to CVS/Entries.Extra: Permission denied >> >> I keep running into this problem with WinCVS. I don't know >> what it is that >> is causing it, but I am very often getting Updates failing with the >> following error message: >> >> cannot rename file CVS/Entries.Extra.Backup to >> CVS/Entries.Extra: Permission >> denied >> >> I like to run updates on the entire project, which contains >> some 250 folders >> and 3000 files. >> >> I can't figure out what it is that is controlling that file, >> however, it >> seems to be related to WinCVS. I've tried disabling the >> flat-hierarchy just >> in case that was causing it, but it doesn't seem to make a >> difference. It >> doesn't seem to be related to any particular folder within >> the project - it >> seems to happen "randomly" at different points within the update. > > If it happens randomly, meaning at different points within the update > and doesn't seem to be the same file each time, then I recommend trying > to disable the antivirus software on your workstation and doing the > update. Some antivirus software will hold files open after applications > have closed them resulting in seemingly spurious errors such as the > above. *smack on forehead* Brilliant!! Can't believe I didn't think of the AV. That seems to have resolved the issue. Now I just have to see if I can set wildcards in it to ignore these files in the future. Thanks again! Eric Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cvsgui/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cvsgui/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/